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HOLY HOUR OF ADORATION

January 2016
Entrance Hymn
HOLY GOD WE PRAISE THY NAME
Holy God we praise Thy name
Lord of all we bow before Thee
All on earth Thy rule acclaim
All in heaven above adore Thee,
Infinite Thy vast domain
)
Everlasting is Thy reign!
) (2)
Hark the loud celestial hymn
Angel choirs above are raising
Cherubim and Seraphim
In unceasing chorus praising
Fill the heavens with sweet accord )
Holy, holy, holy, Lord!

) (2)

(Soon after the Hymn with 10-15 seconds pause while priest still kneeling down.)
Reader 1: Our Lord Jesus is present in the Blessed Sacrament. He is Holy,
Great, Almighty, Powerful and a Victorious God. Let us adore him with
a deep bow.
Prayer: (all together) (To be Projected)
My Lord Jesus Christ/ Who, through the love/ which You bear toward
men/ does remain with them/ day and night/ in this Sacrament/ full of
mercy and love/ awaiting, inviting and receiving all/ who come to visit
You/ I believe/ that You are present/ in the Sacrament/ of the Altar/. From
the abyss of my nothingness/ I adore You./ I thank You/ for all the
graces/ which You have/ bestowed upon me/ particularly/ for having
given me Yourself/ in this Sacrament/ for having given me/ Your most
holy Mother Mary/ for my advocate/ and for having called me/ to visit
You/ in this church. I pay my homage/ to Your most loving Heart./ I
intend by this visit/ to adore You/ in all the places on earth/ in which You
are / present in this Sacrament/ and in which You are/ the least honored
and the most abandoned.

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My Jesus, I love You / with my whole heart./ I am sorry/ for having

offended/ Your infinite goodness / so many times./ I promise/ with the
help of Your grace/ never more to offend You/ I unite all my affections/
with the affections/ of Your most loving Heart/ and thus united/ I offer
them/ to Your Eternal Father/ to accept and answer them. Amen.
Please be seated.
Reader 2.(read each paragraph with little pause).
Lord Jesus, we have gathered here to thank you for this New Year. It is with hope and expectation
that we enter this year. May this New Year be a year of grace and blessing. Ignoring our sinfulness
and unworthiness, you have deigned to give us this year as a fresh occasion to love you and serve
you. We praise you and glorify you for your love. As we pray humbly before you, tell us what you
want us to do during this year and give us strength, courage and determination to do it.
Dear brothers and sisters, this year we plan to meditate on our Family Life. The running theme for
our Holy Hour of Adoration is Family and the Church. Today we meditate on Family: A
Nuclear Church.
The Family is ordained of God. It is the important unit in time and in eternity. Even before we were
born on earth we were part of a family. Each of us is beloved son and daughter of our Heavenly
Father. God is our Father and we lived in His presence as part of His Family. Because of Gods love
for us, He prepared a plan that included our coming on earth. This plan is called the plan of
salvation, the great plan of Happiness. As part of our heavenly Fathers plan, we were born into
families. He established families to bring us happiness, to help us learn correct principles in a
loving atmosphere, and to prepare us for eternal life.
Parents have the vital responsibility to help their children to Heavenly Father. Parents fulfill this
responsibility by teaching their children to follow Jesus Christ and live His Gospel. The Church
provides the organization and means for teaching the Gospel to all of Gods children. It provides the
priesthood authority to administer the ordinances of salvation and exaltation to all who are worthy
and willing to accept them.
St. Cyprian says No one can have God as Father who does not have the Church as Mother, which
is quoted in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 181. It makes sense. St. Paul talks about the
marriage between Christ and His Church in Ephesians 5. As Christians, we are the offspring of that
marriage. We truly are children of God, and were also sons and daughters of the Church. We
become a nuclear church when we live those faith values in our Family. Family is the first and most
important to cultivate these values and promote the faith.

Pause:

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Let us stand and sing the hymn: (Choose an appropriate hymn)

WE ARE HAPPY CHRISTIANS
We are happy Christians
All united in the Lord
We belong to one family
Jesus Christ has chosen us
To carry on His life
Over every land and sea
From the north and from the south
And from the east and west
He has called us all together
Chorus:
And we are delighted )
That we are united
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Into God's own family ) (2)
Now as Christians we must try
To live the Gospel life,
Living in simplicity,
We shall share the goods we have
With everyone in need,
Such is Christ like charity
We are grateful that God called us
To this way of life
In the footsteps of our Saviour.
Chorus .
Reader: Lord, how delightful it is to spend this hour with you. You are so kind and tender hearted.
We come before you with hope, seeking your mercy and blessings. O Lord of the Universe, enrich
us with your divine treasures and raise us from the bondage of sin. When anger and bitterness cloud
our mind and heart, immerse us in your divine experience. Do not let us be trapped by the passing
glories of this world, rather help us to lay up treasures in heaven and long for eternal joys.
Let us now examine our conscience and meditate about our family values.
(Silent Adoration for 5 minutes)

Let us stand and sing the Hymn (Choose an appropriate Hymn)

AS THE DEER
As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longs after you.
You alone are my hearts desire

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And I long to worship You.

Chorus:
You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my hearts desire,
And I long to worship You.
I want You more than gold and silver,
Only You can satisfy
You alone are the real joy giver.
And the apple of my eye. Chorus
Youre my friend and Youre my brother,
Even Though You are a King.
I love You more than any other
So much more than anything. Chorus

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Scripture Reading: Joshua 24: 15

Reflection(Priest)
Silent adoration (10 minutes)
(at 5:12) Reader: Please Kneel
Litany of the Sacred Heartof Jesus (to be projected)
Lord, have mercy on us
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, (from here on response Have mercy on us).
God the Son, Redeemer of the world
God the Holy Spirit
Holy Trinity, one God
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother
Heart of Jesus, hypostatically united to the Word of God
Heart of Jesus, Infinite Majesty
Heart of Jesus, Holy Temple of God
Heart of Jesus, Tabernacle of the Most High
Heart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven
Heart of Jesus, Glowing furnace of charity
Heart of Jesus, receptacle of justice and love
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love.
Heart of Jesus, abyss of every virtue
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise
Heart of Jesus, King and centre of all hearts
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge
Heart of Jesus, in whom dwells all the fullness of divinity
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father is well pleased
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received
Heart of Jesus, the desire of the everlasting hills
Heart of Jesus, patient and abounding in mercy
Heart of Jesus, rich towards all who call upon Thee
Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and sanctity
Heart of Jesus, the propitiation for our sins
Heart of Jesus, sated with reviling
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our sins
Heart of Jesus, made obedient unto death
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance
Heart of Jesus, fountain of all consolation
Heart of Jesus, our life and our resurrection
Heart of Jesus, our peace and our reconciliation
Heart of Jesus, victim for sinners
Heart of Jesus, salvation of them that hope in Thee
Heart of Jesus, hope of them that die in Thee
Heart of Jesus, the delight of all the Saints.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord

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Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.

Consecration of the human race to the sacred heart of Jesus

Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us, humbly prostrate
before Thy Altar. We are Thine and Thine we wish to be; but to be more surely united with
Thee, behold each one of us freely consecrates himself today to Thy Most Sacred Heart.
Many indeed have never known Thee; many, too despising Thy precepts, have rejected
Thee. Have mercy on them all, Most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart.
Be Thou King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken Thee, but also of
the prodigal children who have abandoned Thee; grant that they may quickly return to their
Fathers house, lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.
Be Thou King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions or whom discord keeps
aloof, and call them back to the harbour of truth and unity of faith, so that soon there may be
but one flock and one Shepherd.
Grant, O Lord, to Thy Church assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace
and order to all nations, and make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry: Praise
to the Divine Heart that wrought our salvation; to it be glory and honour forever. Amen.

Tantum Ergo (English version)

LET US BOW IN ADORATION

Let us bow in adoration

To This Sacrament so great
Here is new and perfect worship
All the old must terminate
Senses cannot grasp this marvel
Faith must serve to compensate
Glory, honour, adoration
Let us sing with one accord
Praised be God, Almighty Father,
Praised be Christ, His Son, our Lord
Praised be God, the Holy Spirit
Triune Godhead be adored. Amen

V:

You have given them bread from heaven.

R: Containing in itself all the sweetness.

Let us pray: O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament has left us a memorial of your
Passion, death and resurrection; grant us, we beseech You, so to reverence the sacred
mysteries of Your Body and Blood, that we may continually find in our souls the fruit
of your redemption; who lives and reigns world without end. Amen.
The Divine Praises.
Blessed be God
Blessed be His Holy Name
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man

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Blessed be the Name of Jesus
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood
Blessed be Jesus in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar
Blessed be the Holy Spirit the Paraclete
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.

Final Hymn:
O Sacrament Most Holy
O Sacrament Divine
All Praise & all thanksgiving, be every moment thine
Guidelines:
1 Prepare well in advance and show to the priest in charge. (Fr. Wilson)
2 Read reflection slowly and meditatively.
3 Put the theme on Projection Family: A Nuclear Church.(ONLY IN THE
BEGINNING, NOT TO PUT CONTINUOUSLY)
4 Try to put hymns on projection.
5 Choose appropriate hymns and sing only two verses of the hymn.
6 Take out the print and show to the priest concerned for the reflections well
in advance. Keep one copy for the priest.
7 It is better that all the readers meet the priest before to clarify the doubts
if any.

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